Hon.Edith Mary PalmerHoward was born on 7 April 1895.2 She was the daughter of Robert Jared BlissHoward and Margaret CharlotteSmith, Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal.1,2 She married, firstly, John Brooke MolesworthParnell, 6th Baron Congleton, son of Maj.-Gen.HenryParnell, 4th Baron Congleton and Elizabeth PeterDove, on 6 April 1918.1 She married, secondly, F/Lt.Alfred Eric RowlandAldridge on 5 July 1946.1 She died in 1979.1 Order Mercy and bar.2 After her marriage, Hon. Edith Mary Palmer Howard was styled as Lady Congleton on 6 April 1918. From 6 April 1918, her married name became Parnell. She held the office of Member of the Hampshire County Council.1 She held the office of Chairman of the New Forest Rurual District Council.1 She was Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1941.2 She was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1941.1 She was awarded the Order of Mercy with bar.1 From 5 July 1946, her married name became Aldridge. She was married 2nd Flight Lieutenant Alfred Eric Rowland Aldridge, Royal Air Force (d 11 June 1950), s of Alfred Frank Aldridge, of Caterham, Surrey, and resumed name Congleton by deed poll 17 Jan 1951 on 5 July 1946.2 She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) between 1948 and 1956.1 In 1951 her name was legally changed to Edith Mary Palmer Congleton by Deed Poll.1